Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale? A young sailor, Ishmael, tells the story of their exciting and dangerous trip.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 12 November 2011
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Dick Sand
The sailors knew that they were lost. All rose, giving a terrible cry, which was perhaps heard on the Pilgrim. A terrible blow from the monster's tail had just struck the whale-boat underneath. The boat, thrown into the air with irresistible violence, fell back, broken in three pieces, in the midst of waves furiously lashed by the whale's bounds. Young Dick Sand has just been a sailor on the Pilgrim, a whaler on a Pacific Ocean hunt between South America and New Zealand. But the captain and the rest of the crew have been killed trying to harpoon a whale.
Grade 5-8 - A poetic blend of reality and myth provides a riveting tale of adventure and passion. An ancient whale ridden by a mystical man rises from the sea, the rider throwing spears that blossom like seeds into gifts of nature. One last spear "-flew across a thousand years. When it hit the earth, it did not change but waited for another hundred and fifty years to pass until it was needed." It sprouts when Kahu, a girl child, is born to the eldest grandson of the chief of the Maori in Whangara, New Zealand.
Nita and Kit are enjoying some downtime, when they receive a call for help from a fellow wizard. But this isn't any ordinary wizard; this wizard is a whale. Ages 10-14.
![How the Whale Got His Throat [AUDIOBOOK with text and subtitles]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/posts/2010-07/1279287630_whale.jpg "How the Whale Got His Throat [AUDIOBOOK with text and subtitles]")
